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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Demographic and preoperative data of the patients included in the study

From: Fast-resorbable antibiotic-loaded hydrogel coating to reduce post-surgical infection after internal osteosynthesis: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

 

Controls

%

Treated

%

P

Male

57

44.9

53

42.1

0.70

Female

70

55.1

73

57.9

 

Total

127

100.0

126

100.0

 

Age (years)

 Mean ± SD

58.6 ± 17.6

 

62.5 ± 21.2

 

0.11

 Min–max

20–95

 

21–99

  

Host type

 A

70

55.1

60

47.6

0.25

 B

53

41.7

61

48.4

 

 C

4

3.1

5

4.0

 

Fracture site

 Femur

32

25.2

47

37.3

 

 Tibia/knee

11

8.7

16

12.7

 

 Ankle/foot

29

22.8

32

25.4

 

 Clavicle

11

8.7

10

7.9

 

 Humerus

8

6.3

6

4.8

 

 Forearm/wrist

29

22.8

14

11.1

 

 Hand

7

5.5

1

0.8

 
  1. Host type classified according to McPherson’s classification